Civil Beat on the Airwaves

On Wednesday’s Bytemarks Cafe radio show, Burt and Ryan interviewed some of the talent from local startup Peer News.  Editor John Temple and Developer Ryan Kanno talked about Civil Beat, its background, its goals, and just about everything else.

If you missed the show, it’s now available for listening (the Civil Beat interview is about half way in).

I’m not going to rehash the conversation since you should really listen to it yourself (especially at the 28:07 mark), but there were some personally memorable moments.

Did I mention the 28:07 mark of the podcast?  That was memorable. 😉

I couldn’t believe the issue centering around the use of PayPal for Civil Beat.  This topic went on for several minutes.  Yeah, you gotta have a PayPal account to sign in to Civil Beat and also to pay for your subscription.  PayPal is like the biggest online payment system so this makes sense.  And um, isn’t there like a link between PayPal and eBay, and eBay and Pierre, and Pierre and Civil Beat? Hmmm…  As to the comment about only techies using PayPal, here’s a response.

Then came the talk about design and aesthetics.  Uh oh.  Design and what looks good are tied to personal tastes. Oh that jab about Civil Beat looking Web 1.0-ish had to hurt! But the Civil Beat team has a thick skin.

I haven’t listened to the entire podcast again, but was there only one caller (albeit with a multi-part question)?

Still, all around a great interview, especially at the 28:07 part. 😉